mamie (poindexter) ellis
Mrs. Mamie Poindexter Ellis, 72,
died at 6:30 p.m. yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. L.
Hege, Advance, Route 2, after a critical illness of two weeks. She had
been in declining health for the past three years.
Born in Yadkin County, May 18, 1879, Mrs. Ellis was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Smitherman Poindexter. She was married Sept. 25, 1901, to T. J. Ellis.
Mrs. Ellis was a member of the Advance Methodist Church. She had lived all her married life in the Elbaville Methodist Church community in Davie County. For the past year she had made her home with her daughter.
Surviving are two sons, Tom Ellis Jr. and W. J. Ellis of Ad- vance, Route 2; three daughters, Mrs. Hege, Mrs. P. L. Jones of Rochester, N. Y., and Mrs. I. G. Shoaf of Linwood; two brothers, John Poindexter of Breckenridge, Mich. and W. S. Poindexter of Clemmons; four sisters, Mrs. Ephraim Davis of Pfafftown, Mrs. Kate Ring and Miss Ada Poindex- ter of East Bend, and Mrs. Pearson W. Long of Jonesville; 12 grand- children and eight great-grand- children.
Funeral services will be held at the Elbaville Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Monday. The Rev. R. J. Starling will officate, and burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be taken to the home of Mrs. Hege at 2 p.m. to- day where it will remain until placed in the church 30 minutes before the service.
Born in Yadkin County, May 18, 1879, Mrs. Ellis was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Smitherman Poindexter. She was married Sept. 25, 1901, to T. J. Ellis.
Mrs. Ellis was a member of the Advance Methodist Church. She had lived all her married life in the Elbaville Methodist Church community in Davie County. For the past year she had made her home with her daughter.
Surviving are two sons, Tom Ellis Jr. and W. J. Ellis of Ad- vance, Route 2; three daughters, Mrs. Hege, Mrs. P. L. Jones of Rochester, N. Y., and Mrs. I. G. Shoaf of Linwood; two brothers, John Poindexter of Breckenridge, Mich. and W. S. Poindexter of Clemmons; four sisters, Mrs. Ephraim Davis of Pfafftown, Mrs. Kate Ring and Miss Ada Poindex- ter of East Bend, and Mrs. Pearson W. Long of Jonesville; 12 grand- children and eight great-grand- children.
Funeral services will be held at the Elbaville Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Monday. The Rev. R. J. Starling will officate, and burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be taken to the home of Mrs. Hege at 2 p.m. to- day where it will remain until placed in the church 30 minutes before the service.